February 18, 2004
Imminence Front
Are the Bush Administration's recent protestations that had never claimed, in the run-up to war, that Iraq posed an "imminent" threat to the United States, but rather a "grave and growing danger"; a put-on? With these clowns, one never knows for sure.
But Russell Mokhiber's hilarious take-down of White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan -- in which Mokhiber produces and attempts to read from a transcript from February 10, 2003, in which McClellan used the magic word on two separate occasions -- should offer a clue.
Surely a lexis search would turn up several more uses of the word.
One can't help wonder, though, at the rigamarole. Hans Blix, a few weeks before the invasion, estimated that it "would not take years, nor weeks, but months" to determine the status of Iraq's weapons programmes.
In other words, the danger was "grave" enough that the Administration could not wait a few months to "disarm" the madman. Actions speak louder than words, they say.
More words from the horse's mouth:
Some ask how urgent this danger is to America and the world. The danger is already significant, and it only grows worse with time. If we know Saddam Hussein has dangerous weapons today -- and we do -- does it make any sense for the world to wait to confront him as he grows even stronger and develops even more dangerous weapons?
Posted by Eddie Tews at February 18, 2004 07:09 PM
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